{"id":76320,"date":"2017-03-02T09:20:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T14:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320//?p=76320"},"modified":"2019-07-02T13:00:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T17:00:41","slug":"student-turns-passion-environment-think-tank-ucf-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320//student-turns-passion-environment-think-tank-ucf-sustainability/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320//","title":{"rendered":"Student Turns Passion for Environment into Think Tank for Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tucked behind the Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Police Department on Libra Drive sits a single-story, brick-facade building that houses Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Facilities and Safety. There, about 100 people plan new buildings, maintain landscapes, create sustainability initiatives and more for Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½. Thousands of cars zoom past daily, but likely not many passersby realize it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u2019s there./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/n
Hannah Hollinger is one of the few who does. A senior studying environmental studies, Hollinger became aware of Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Facilities and Safety by being involved in Energy Knights, a student club that focuses on spreading knowledge of how to be more environmentally friendly. The Energy Knights/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u2019 president at the time told Hollinger that Facilities and Safety was looking for an intern./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u201cI went to see what it was about, and I was beside myself,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u201d Hollinger said. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u201cI thought /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u2018This is what I want to get into./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u2019 I didn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u2019t even realize it existed./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/n
In July 2015 Hollinger became Facilities and Safety/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u2019s Sustainability Initiatives/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u2019 social outreach intern, in charge of marketing campaigns that can educate the Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ community on sustainability efforts. After a year of seeing firsthand how Facilities and Safety works to make Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ a more sustainable campus, she realized something was missing: student input./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u201cI realized how, as a student, we don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u2019t have access to understand what happens behind closed doors when it comes to sustainability, operations and facilities at Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u201d she said. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u201cWe needed a connecting piece between students and operations./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/n
That/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u2019s what inspired her to create the Student Sustainability Advisory Committee, a 13-person committee that began last August. It gives students access to Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u2019s faculty and staff Sustainability Advisory Committee meetings, and the opportunity to help improve Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/u2019s sustainability in return for internship credit. Students commit for one academic year to create proposals on how they think Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ can improve its sustainability and present them to SAC members who can help make them a reality. The first proposals are expected to be presented this month./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/76320/n